Freaky Fuel Gauge

[fpage77]

Originally Posted by jetfuel

...personally I could care less what the full marks is...but when you are flashing .2 out in the middle of nowhere(thanks John) I want the gauge to be as accurate as the Maxwell coffee....good to the last drop....BTW when we finally filled up it registered 8/8

jetfuel

Coffee = gasoline to jetfuel ... irony considering your userid is regarding fuel.

[jetfuel]

...coffee is gasoline for jetfuel...drink $&%# loads of it daily...
...where's my cup?....oh here it is

jetfuel

[SmartDigger]

Originally Posted by fpage77

I'm curious I've been "normalized" twice now but seem to have found a fix. If I fillup with one bar left on screen before it goes into the under one gallon count down (before when goes down .9 and lower) I get a full tank. What point is it that you are waiting to fillup (when you are below 1 gallon tracked by gauge)?

I have noticed the same. fill before reserve and the tank hits 8/8

[ljbfox]

my gauge has been acting idiotic as well but i have had my smart drivable for only a few days now and it seems like the gauge just randomly drops off a 1/8 but then on another 1/8th it will get like 50 miles my husband thinks im crazy so thanks every one for proving im not

[jimvw57]

Wait for about 3 or 4 tamkfuls before trying to figure out what the gauge is doing. After that, they tend to settle down and work right.

[mrc59]

I don't know about that jim. No matter when I fill - 1/2 tank to fumes - it's a coin toss whether I end up with 7 or the full 7 bars. I fill generally at the same place, same pump, same time, same technique. I think it's just a "normal fluctuation" albeit an annoying one.

[smark]

I've been waiting 3 years now for the gas gauge to settle down. Matters on what gas station I fill it at. Sometime full sometimes 7 bars. One or those things you write off, like the purge valve noise on a smart car.

[willow52]

Originally Posted by ljbfox

my gauge has been acting idiotic as well but i have had my smart drivable for only a few days now and it seems like the gauge just randomly drops off a 1/8 but then on another 1/8th it will get like 50 miles my husband thinks im crazy so thanks every one for proving im not

Love this forum.... It proves you are not the only crazy....

Or does it prove there really is an alternate reality?

[jimvw57]

Originally Posted by mrc59

I don't know about that jim. No matter when I fill - 1/2 tank to fumes - it's a coin toss whether I end up with 7 or the full 7 bars. I fill generally at the same place, same pump, same time, same technique. I think it's just a "normal fluctuation" albeit an annoying one.

I use the same methd and rarely get the 7 bars...

put it on auto fill lowest setting possible. Wash the windows -usually the pump shuts off while I am cleaning the windshield- Cleaning the rest of the glass allows the gas to settle in the tank. Still using th slowest setting possible, fill until it shuts off again. Thats it. *** some fill hoses won't shut off when manually filling on a slow setting so watch your shoes!!**

Works for me, never had an overfill issue and as I saild, rarely the 7/8 bar fillups.

[kittystyle]

Originally Posted by Kermit

That sounds weird Darrel - though I have heard of faulty sending units.

I have a problem with my newer Smart reading 7/8 but it is always dead-on once I get to 6/8 bars and below. Almost always I can judge around 45 miles on a bar, give or take a few miles. BTW - I have been averaging around 2-3mpg's better since I got the Scangauge installed. - Thanks Darrel.

EDITED MY COMMENT FOR ACCURACY! the thread wasn't loading so i went ahead and posted a comment. i use the fastest flow setting on the nozzle and fill to first click, but i've noticed the last few fill ups that Gizmo's gas gauge only reads 7/8 full.. yet i can still drive about 100 miles before that first tick disappears. i do use the same station and the same gas grade, i fill at night as well. but next time i'll try a slower fill setting and fill before the last gallon countdown appears.